Previews
Pippin for FCT
FCT bring Tony award smash to #EdFringe 2017:
With a slew of four and five star reviews under its belt, Forth Children’s Theatre is stepping out into somewhat new territory this fringe with a production of Pippin.
1917 revisited
A century isn’t so long in 1917 – A Phantasmagoria:
As the world focusses on the centenary of 1917 in terms of events during the First World War, Edinburgh-based actor and playwright Michael Daviot is looking at the year in a very different light.
Book Fest on Stage
Theatre-related events at EIBF 2017:
The Edinburgh International Book Festival has ramped up its theatre-related offering for this year’s festival, even as it increases the total number of events to over 1,000.
Midsummer Horror Shop
TBC Productions debut with Little Shop of Horrors:
Brand new amateur musicals company, TBC Productions is making its debut on Midsummer night with a new production of cult classic Little Shop of Horrors at the Festival Theatre Studio.
Grads in a comedy killing
It’s time for the Ladykillers:
When Graham Linehan’s comedy The Ladykillers toured to the King’s in 2012, the set was so convoluted and clever that Æ pictured its design model as the review illustration.
Extra Running Wild
Added matinee on in-service day:
Running Wild, the adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel about a girl who is saved by an elephant from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, has added an extra matinee performance on Thursday 4 May.
New Easter Passion
Fresh take on Easter Story:
Edinburgh’s Easter Play in Princes Street Gardens gets a fresh perspective this Saturday, as new writer Kamala Jane Santos puts Mary, mother of Jesus, in the narrator’s role.
Curiouser and Curiouser
Shona Reppe talks of a tiny marvel:
There is something quite unique about the work of Shona Reppe, who is bringing her clever and particular show, The Curious Scrapbook of Josephine Bean to the Scottish Storytelling Centre this week.
Science Festival Theatre
Theatre puts Science in the Spotlight:
With more performance than in any year since it was set up in 1989, the 2017 Edinburgh International Science Festival, running from 1 to 16 April, has the makings of a feast of theatre for adults and children alike.
All in a Knight’s Work…
Spamalot? It’s the big MAMA show:
Cheeky, cheerful and packed with a bunch of risque references, Monty Python’s Spamalot at the Brunton from Wednesday, is something of a change of style for the Musselburgh Amateur Musical Association.
